AR TV Size Previewer

Furniture shoppers struggle to visualize how a TV will look in their actual living space. This tool uses your phone's camera to preview different TV sizes on your wall in real-time before buying. Target users are home buyers and interior design enthusiasts.

AR product visualization has real momentum right now — Apple's ARKit and Google's ARPlay have matured considerably, and major retailers like IKEA (with IKEA Place) and Amazon (with their AR View feature) have normalized the behavior of pointing a phone at a room before buying. The closest incumbent is IKEA Place, which already does room-scale furniture AR, and several TV manufacturers like Samsung have dabbled in similar features inside their own apps. The revenue model is the hard part: standalone consumer apps in this niche rarely command subscription fees, so monetization realistically depends on affiliate commissions from TV sales or white-label licensing to retailers, both of which require business development heavy lifting that most indie hackers underestimate. The biggest risk is distribution — without a retail partner or a deeply viral hook, getting this app in front of someone at the exact moment they're TV shopping is nearly impossible, and that narrow use-case window means organic installs will be slow and retention close to zero.